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07 20 2024 Parables · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, good morning,
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  and happy Sabbath. It is Sabbath, July twenty, twenty twenty four.
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  Hello. My name is El David Harris. I am your host,
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  and this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  and today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series
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  through the Book of Mark, and our caption for today is Parables. Parables.
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  We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to
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  say, well, welcome to you in Happy Sabbath. To everyone joining us,
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  questions or share your discussion related to the Lesson study. And that is what
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  Daily Portion dot com. I hope that you understand a little bit better.
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  Now let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
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  and Heaven, thank you for this new Sabbath morning, and for the privilege
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  that we have to listen for your voice in those parables. Father, help
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  us to love you and understand your will and then live according to those principles.
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  In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. And so
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  I'm going to begin right here in the Book of Mark chapter four, Versus
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  twenty four and twenty five, and we'll just literally set the stage for the
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  coming day, because yeah, it makes sense the way that this is organized
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  will have to be very disciplined today and to hold hold fast. Okay,
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  So let's begin at verse twenty four, and the Bible reads then he said
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  to them, take heed what you hear with the same measure you use.
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  It will be measured to you, and to you who hear more will be
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  given. Can I just say to the Hebrew of Jesus's day and before right,
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  to hear and to do. We're synonymous. Sheamah may have heard that
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  terminology. It's a Hebrew term to hear, hear oh Israel. In the
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  Book of Deuteronomy, chapter six, hero Israel, the Lord, our God,
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  the Lord is one Lord, and thou shalt worship him basically with everything
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  that you have and everything that you are. So as you are hearing,
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  oh Israel, about the Lord, the one who should be, and we
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  should be thankful that he is the Lord of our lives, we are seeing
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  that they are one that is unified in every way, a Hebrew term echoed,
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  which means it's a compound unity. God, the Father, the Son,
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  the Holy Spirit are unified in every essential way. And we must love.
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  We have the privilege of loving God in everything that we have, everything
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  that we are. And so we hear, and then we love, because
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  to hear and to do go together. And so in this parable we or
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  this discussion we're seeing, for it says it will be measured unto you.
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  And who here now we know and do it will more will be given.
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  For whoever has to him more will be given. But whoever does not have,
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  even that which he has, will be taken from him. And so
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  God is saying that he is and I want to call him a steward because
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  he's the owner. But God is showing us the best level of stewardship for
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  those of us who are stewards to say that He's only going to give more
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  to those who maximize what he gives and entrusts. And so if we listen
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  to God and do his will, then he will entrust more understanding, he
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  will entrust more responsibility, he will entrust more power to individuals who listen and
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  do. And so we're grateful because He's given us the blueprint with the power
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  that he gives us. If we utilize that, then he will give us
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  and extend to us even more. I hope that makes sense to you.
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  And so, of course I said that we are going to look into multiple
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  parables this week. But what I want to do right now is is talk
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  about five reasons from my understanding. Of course, there are many more reasons,
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  but five reasons. And we're going to focus our mind on the Book
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  of Mark. Five reasons that Jesus used parables. Okay, five reasons,
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  and we're only focusing in the Book of Mark about why God might have used
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  parables, Okay, And so the first one is to reveal the mysteries of
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  the Kingdom of God. He wanted to reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom of
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  God, and we get that from the Book of Mark chapter four and verse
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  eleven, where it reads, and he said, unto them, unto you,
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  it is given to know the mystery of God, but unto them that
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  are without, these things are done in parables. And so let me say
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  it this way, because I may have made it a little bit confusing.
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  And so God speaks clearly to his people. He speaks clearly to his people.
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  He gives understanding concerning his parables to his people. His disciples said,
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  Jesus, we don't underst and what you're talking about. You keep speaking,
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  You're speaking these mysteries. I don't know what you're talking about. And Jesus
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  said, he said, well, I've done this in order that those that
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  don't love me, basically, those people who refuse to yield their will to
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  me, then they'll remain that way if they choose to serve me, if
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  they choose to yield their will to me, then the blessing of understanding will
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  come to them. And so it says here unto them who was given to
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  know the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but unto them that are without,
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  these are done in parables. And so many times the parables were confusing
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  to people because they would not yield their will to God. So he's leading
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  us into a direction that if we will yield our will to him, that
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  we wouldn't even need parables. I wish, I hope that that made sense.
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  Let's go to the Bible book of the next verse verse twelve of Mark
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  chapter four, and it reads that seeing they may see and not perceive,
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  and hearing they may hear and do not understand, lest at any time they
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  should be converted and their sins should be forgiven. And so it's confusing to
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  those who are unresponsive. It is confusing, and it filters out those individuals
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  who are not willing to yield their will to God. And so these parables
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  many times were used because those individuals were needing a test. It's a litmus
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  test of your willingness. My willingness to yield my will to God. I
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  will understand the parable of the sower. In due time. If I yield
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  my will to God, he will speak plainly to me, I will understand
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  the parable of the talents. If I yield my will to God, I
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  will understand in Revelation chapter one, will have these three blessings blessed to blessings
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  to those individuals who who hear read and do the prophecies of this book because
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  the time is at hand. In the same way, the servants of God
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  receive and understand the truth that we see in mysteries only if we yield our
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  will to God. Let me go to number three to encourage a deeper reflection
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  and personal discovery. From verse nine of Mark chapter four, and he said,
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  unto them he that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Are
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  you listening? Am I listening? And if I am listening and I have
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  ears that are educated by the power of the Holy Ghost, then these parables
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  are a way for me to understand. Listen and do make it a great
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  day peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of
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  God. This has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it
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  a great day, Yeah,